SAW
SAW PROTESTERS. I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THINGS
LOOKED LIKE EARLY THIS MORNING.
THIS SCENE PLAYED OUT JUST
BEFORE 4:30 A.M.
PORTLAND PLACE MADE THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE ENEXAMMENT TELLING
-- ENCAMPMENT TELLING THEM TO
LEAVE.
LEAVE.
LEAVE. THIS CAMP HAS BEEN HERE FOR
FIVE WEEKS NOW AT IMMIGRATION
AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AT THE
WATERFRONT.
WATERFRONT. >> THEY CAME IN WITH AGREES
THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR.
>> Reporter: THAT'S FROM A MAN
WHO WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS
BADGER.
BADGER.
BADGER. >> THEY WERE HITTING PEOPLE
WITH BATONS YELLING MOVE, MOVE,
MOVE.
MOVE.
MOVE. >>
MOVE. >> THROUGH THE LOUD SPEAKER
THEY DIRECTED PEOPLE TO LEAVE
THE CAMP.
THE CAMP.
THE CAMP. >> Reporter: A SMALL SCUFFLE
BROKE OUT WHEN A BYSTANDER WAS
APPARENTLY AGGRESSIVE WITH
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. >> HE FULL ON, FULL ON, ON
VIDEO PUNCHED A MAN IN THE
FACE.
FACE.
FACE. >>
FACE. >> Reporter: THAT WAS ABOUT THE
MOST VIOLENCE WE SAW.
BY THE TIME LESS SHOWED UP, THE
MAJORITY OF PROTESTERS LEFT
COMPLYING WITH MAYOR TED
WHEELER'S DEADLINE.
WHEELER'S DEADLINE. ONLY A DOZEN OR SO STAYED.
>> WE HAD A GROUP STARTED TO
PROTEST NEAR McADAM.
THEY STARTED TO VOLUNTARILY
LEAVE.
LEAVE.
LEAVE. >>
LEAVE. >> WITH THE DECISION OF ABOLISH
ICE, THAT STARTED THE NEXT
STEPS.
STEPS.
STEPS. >>
STEPS. >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE
STANDS WITH PROTESTERS BUT IT
WAS DETERIORATING.
WAS DETERIORATING. >> THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS IN
THE CAMP THAT WERE DOING THINGS
TO PROVOKE ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS
FOR ONE THING THAT MADE US
NERVOUS AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.
>> Reporter: CITY LEADERS SAID
THEY STILL SUPPORT FREE SPEECH.
>> THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
WHAT CHANGES HERE IS THAT WE
ALL AGREED THE SITUATION WITH
THE CAMP WAS NOT SUSTAINABLE,
INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO
ACTUALLY STARTED IT.
>> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE LIVE
POLICE SAID OVER THE LAST FIVE
OR SECTION WEEKS THEY RECEIVED
CALLS FOR SERVICES.
INSIDE WAS A SAFETY HAZARD.
AS FOR THE TIMING, THE MAYOR
WAS TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING A
RIOT.
RIOT.
RIOT. HE
RIOT. HE SAID HE IS GLAD THINGS WERE
RESOLVED WITHOUT AN ARREST.
THE CHIEF SAID SHOW SUPPORTS
THE MAYOR'S DECISION BUT JUST
NOT IN THE FORM OF CAMPING.
>>> AFTER THEY CLEARED THE
CAMPERS, THE CLEANUP CREWS
CAME.
CAME.
CAME. TIM
CAME. TIM GORDON HAS THAT PART OF THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. TIM, THIS IS A BIG JOB.
>> Reporter: BRENDA IT REALLY S
IT'S A JOB THAT WILL TAKE A LOT
LONGER.
LONGER.
LONGER. WE'RE ON TOM OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STALE LOT
OF STUFF IN THERE.
RIGHT ON TIME CLEANUP CREWS
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED.
ARRIVED. THEY GOT EXPERIENCE CLEANING UP
CAMPS IN THE PORTLAND AREA AND
WORKERS GOT RIGHT TO IT
STARTING ON THE COMPOUND'S
NORTH WALL.
NORTH WALL. POLICE LET US IN TO SEE WHAT
WAS LEFT BEHIND, TARPS AND
TENTS AND A WHOLE LOT MORE
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. DANIELLE OUTLAW GOT A GOOD
LOOK, TOO, CONFIRMING WHY THEY
HAD TO ACT FOR SAFETY.
>> THERE ARE FIRE HAZARDS AND
BIOHAZARDS.
BIOHAZARDS. BECAUSE OF THOSE SORTS OF
COMPLAINTS, WE KNEW WE HAD TO
GET AHEAD OF THIS BEFORE IT
SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL.
>> Reporter: YOU COULD SEE
TRUCKS FILLING THINGS WITH
DEBRIS, BUT A LOT OF THIS IS
GOING TO THE DUMP.
JOHN CHRISTIANSON LIVES NEARBY.
HE'S PLEASED TO SEE IT END.
>> IT'S TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
YOU CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THE
IDEALS OF THE PROTESTERS, BUT I
JUST THINK THAT THIS THING HAMS
TURNED INTO -- HAS TURNED INTO
BASICALLY A HOMELESS CAMP.
>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH HE HAS BEEN WALKING
THROUGH THE CAMP WHEN HE COULD
TO GET TO WORK.
HE IS ALSO RELIEVED TO SEE IT
END.
END.
END. >>
END. >> IT'S GOOD.
IT FEELS COMFORTABLE NOW.
BEFORE YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WHO
HAPPEN, IF THERE WOULD AB RIOT
OR DO -- BE A RIOT OR DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> Reporter: THEY ARE PART
OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
NOW WE ASKED THE MAYOR ABOUT
THE CLEANUP OF ALL THIS AND THE
PRICE TAG.
PRICE TAG. HE TOLD US JUST AWHILE AGO HELP
DIDN'T TAKE IT WOULD TAKE TOO
LONG OR COST TOO MUCH.
WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
>> YES, WE WILL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HERE'S WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE
SAYING.
SAYING.
SAYING. PAULINE SAID THE ORIGINAL
MESSAGE WAS LOST WEEKS AGO.
WHAT THEY DID WAS SWEEP A
HOMELESS CAMP, NO MERCY BUT THE
PRICE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
OCCUPY ICE PEOPLE.
JUDY SAYS PEACEABLY PROTEST ALL
YOU WANT BUT CAMP SAYS IT ALL.
IT'S NOT A PLACE TO LIVE.
YOU WANT TO LIVE THERE, PAY
RENT.
RENT.
RENT. MARISA SAYS YOU WERE GIVEN THE
FREEDOM TO CAMP THERE.
NOW BE RESPONSIBLE AND CLEAN UP
AFTER YOURSELVES.
AFTER YOURSELVES.